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Best Picture:
Watching Walter
Best Drama:
Watching Walter
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Best Comedy:
Living With Grandma
Best Documentary:
Everforward
Best Animated:
Father Brown - Part 1
Best Action / Thriller:
Scorpion
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:
As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Best Horror / Suspense:
To the End
Best Musical:
Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale
Best Experimental:
Whispers
Best Foreign Language Film:
3 Minutos
Best Smartphone Film:
Solar Y
Best Director:
Mitch Yapko - "Watching Walter"
Best Actor in a Lead Role:
Stephen Tobolowsky - "Watching Walter"
Best Actor in Support Role:
Eric Petersen - "Unexpecting"
Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:
Lucy Cuellar - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"
Best Screenplay:
Aaron Golden and Parker Croft - "As Easy as Closing Your Eyes"
Best Cinematography:
Bryon Evans - "Watching Walter"
Best Editing:
Parker Croft - "As Easy as Closing Your Eyes"
Best Hair & Makeup:
Vanessa Cuellar & Tina Pershing - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"
Best Costume Design:
Catherine Charpentier - "Watching Walter"
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Best SFX-VFX:
Lauren Bennet - "Demon Car of Proctor Valley Road"
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Best Sound Design:
Burak Erseçgen - "The Shell"
Best Music / Score:
William Cepeda - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"
Best Song:
“Democracy is Dangerous” by Thomas Pace - "The Lobbyists"
Best Local Filmmaker(s):
James Wicks - "Coastal Consciousness: San Diego"
Best Student Filmmaker:
India Mitchell - "Second Chance"
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Best First Time Filmmaker(s):
Jeffrey O'Brien & Evan Rashby - "Waffles"
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Best Picture:
As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Best Drama:
An Outfit
Best Comedy:
Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild
Best Documentary:
StreetVet
Best Animated:
Pursuit
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:
The Lobbyists
Best Horror / Suspense:
The Demon Car of Proctor Valley Road
Best Musical:
The One
Best Experimental:
Ball Trip
Best Foreign Language Film:
Farewellday
Best Smartphone Film:
A Device to Save the Planet
Best Director:
Parker Croft - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
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Best Actor in a Lead Role:
Alexandra Grace - 3 Minutos
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Best Actor in Support Role:
Jacki Hydock - The Lobbyists
Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:
Benjamin Stockham - Watching Walter
Best Screenplay:
Mark Dylan Brown - Watching Walter
Best Cinematography:
Michael Tang - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"
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Best Editing:
Byron Evans - Watching Walter
Best Hair & Makeup:
Austyn Cuccia - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Best Costume Design:
Vanessa Cuellar - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"
Best SFX-VFX:
Timothy Stevens-Eustace - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
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Best Sound Design:
Nathan Van Hala - Watching Walter
Best Music / Score:
AJ Singh - Nothing happens in Venice
Best Song:
“Let Me in” by Laura Alemán & Mireya Valasquez - An Outfit
Best Local Filmmaker(s):
Bobby Yu - Encounter at 30,000 feet
Best Student Filmmaker:
Mellony Ledo - The Things We Don’t Talk About
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Ruiying Sun - To the End
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